Control Definition
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English
Etymology
From Middle English conterrolle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contra (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"t(S)roUl/
- (UK) IPA: /kənˈtrəʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"tr@Ul/
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Verb
control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled)
- To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of, oversit.
- With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
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Noun
control (plural controls)
- Influence or authority over.
- The government has complete control over the situation.
- A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or nonexistence.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities, synonymous with safeguard and counter-measure.
- restraint or ability to contain one's emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Synonyms
- (GUI): widget
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Terms derived from control (noun)
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authority
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External links
- control in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- control in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Control in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Catalan
Etymology
From French contrôle.
Noun
control m. (plural controls)
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Spanish
Noun
control m. (plural controles)
- control, or running of a business
- control of a machine
- control or emotional restraint, self-control
- remote control
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Control
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up control in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Control.Contents
- 1 Entertainment, sports and games
- 2 Management and finance
- 3 Science and technology
- 4 Other
- 5 See also
Entertainment, sports and games
Film
- Control (2004 film), a direct-to-video film starring Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe and Michelle Rodriguez
- Control (2005 film), an Australian short film written and directed by Jon Cohen
- Control (2007 film), a film based on the life of Joy Division front man Ian Curtis, referencing the song "She's Lost Control"
- In the sitcom (and related movies) Get Smart, "CONTROL" is the name of a secret American government counter-espionage agency
Music
- Control (GoodBooks album) a 2007 album by GoodBooks
- Control (Janet Jackson album), a 1986 album by Janet Jackson
- "Control" (Janet Jackson song), a song from the above album
- "Control" (Metro Station song), a 2007 song by Metro Station
- "Control" (Mutemath song) a 2004 song by Mutemath
- Control (Pedro the Lion album), a 2002 album by Pedro the Lion
- "Control" (Puddle of Mudd song), a 2001 song by Puddle of Mudd
- "Control", the first single from Traci Lords' album 1000 Fires
Television
- (Get Smart), CONTROL was the satirical secret American government counter-espionage agency, pitted against KAOS
- "Control" (House), an episode of the television series House
- Ctrl (web series), an American comedy web series produced by NBC
Games
- Control, a feature of a contract bridge hand
- Control-bid, a bid in contract bridge that shows a control feature of a hand
Management and finance
- Control (management): an element of management
- Control freak, a person who attempts to dictate how everything around them is done
- An element of management accounting
- Internal control: a process implemented in an organization to help in achieving specific goals
- Comptroller (or controller): a senior financial officer in an organization
- Foreign exchange controls: regulations on trade.
Science and technology
- Argument control, in linguistics
- Biological pest control, a natural method of controlling pests such as insects, weeds, and plant diseases
- Control engineering, a discipline of modeling and controlling of systems
- Control flow, the means of specifying the sequence of operations in computer programs
- Control key, on a computer keyboard
- Control network, a set of reference-points of known geospatial coordinates
- Control point (orienteering)
- Control system, the ability to control some mechanical or chemical equipment
- Control theory, the mathematical theory about controlling dynamical systems over time
- Controlling for a variable, in statistics
- GUI widget (control or widget), a component of a graphical user interface
- Scientific control to isolate variables in experiments
- Self control, ability to control one's emotions and desires
- Locus of control, extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them
- Lorazepam, sold under the trade name Control
- Chlordiazepoxide, also sold under the trade name Control
Other
- Control (linguistics), the relation between a missing element of a subordinate clause and its co-referent in the matrix clause
- Control, head of the Circus in the 1974 British spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
See also
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